Meghan Markle Handles Awkward Interaction With The Queen

When you're an American actress whose life has suddenly been catapulted into the British Monarchy, there are bound to be a few rules and regulations you get muddled.

In a public appearance on Thursday, the newly-titled Duchess of Sussex was attending her first one-on-one outing with the Queen, and seemed to experience a momentary uncertainty when it came to protocol.

As the pair approached the waiting Bentley to depart an engagement in Cheshire, the stunning 36-year-old appeared to falter on whether she should get in the car first, or allow her new grandmother to shuffle across ahead of her.

Scooting ahead to ask nearby staff, Meghan pauses. Luckily, American pragmatism wins out, and she simply leans in to check with the Queen herself.

"What's your preference?" she appears to whisper, and Her Majesty graciously replies that Meghan should go first.

Watch the exchange below:

As if we needed yet another reason to love Meghan - with a deft side-stepping of what could have been an embarrassing breach of protocol, she remembered the best advice of all: if in doubt, just ask Gran.